Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Routes of drug administration




"Routes of drug administration"

Definition: - Most drugs can be administered by a variety of routes. The choice of appropriate route in a given situation depends both on drug as well as patient related factors. Mostly common sense considerations, feasibility and convenience dictate the route to be used.

Classification: - Routes can be broadly divided into those for (a) Local action and (b) Systemic action.


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